Author: CAMPBELL, John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845-1914)
Title: Autograph Note Signed
Description: Queen Victoria's fourth daughter, Princess Louise, married this British nobleman in 1871; he served Argyllshire as Member of Parliament in the House of Commons, then in 1878 was appointed the youngest-ever Governor General of Canada, serving until 1883. ANS, 1p (lettersheet), 5" X 8", Edinburgh, Scotland, 3 November 1894. Very good. Addressed to Mr. Armour (P.W. Armour, secretary of the British India Steam Navigation Company of which Campbell served as a director). Mildly worn and age toned. On blind-embossed letterhead of the "Roxburghe Hotel / Edinburgh," Campbell (who was educated in Scotland) accepts an invitation: "Thanks for the Telegram. I shall be present, I hope, on Wednesday. I return [Copy?] of the last meeting.." Boldly signed simply "Lorne" -- he bore the courtesy title Marquess of Lorne until the death of his father in 1900). .

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